Toy machine gun



' May 20, 1930. M, GQODLQE 1,759,304 7 TOY MACHINE GUN Filed April 10, 1929 v gllll Patented May 20, 1 930 ALFRED m. eoonnon,- or noanoxn, VI-VRGI'NIA," ASSIGNOR 'ro COMPANY" or noANoKE, VLERGINIA, A CORPORATION EXGHANGE LUMBER. or VIRGINIA TOY" MACHINE GUN Application filed April 10,

This invention relates; to toyarapidfire or. machine guns, and has for one of its; objects. to producea toy of that: description which more nearly resembles a real rapid, fire or 5 machine gun; in appearance; and in: action than toys of the same sort asheretofore made.-

' Another and a leading object of the invention' is to produce-a toy'of the kind. referred to so designed and constructed that nearly all its ;parts can be madej'of the Waste material' of an. ordinary lumbermillif The accomplishment 'ofthis: object not only makes it possible ,to produce thev toy at vvminiu'I-um cost, but also turns to profitable account ,a

quantity of: material which-now is commonly, burned as of-no value, or'isusefulmerely as firewood-f Y V A, further object of, the invention is the production ofa toy machine/gun; ipn'which the noise-producing elements simulate; parts of theigun itself. In toy-zmach-inegunsasheretofore made the form; of the gun has been copied in parts that have nofunction, the noise-making elementsbeing merely, adjuncts 26 thereto, and usually hidden from, View.

The accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, illustrate the invention in what is regardedas .the preferred embodiment thereof; but, itis to be under- 30 stood that modifications i-nthe construetion, formv and? combinationoftheseveral parts :of the device may be made; without. adeparture from the essential featuresofi my invention.

Fig. 1 is aside elevation of a machine gun as constructed according to the present invention; I

Fig.2 is a top planview--ther eof-,; V

Fig. 3 is. a. vertical section online 3:--3, Fig.1;

40 Fig.4 is'a horizontalsection on-'line 4-,4, Fig. 1- I v y Fig. 5 is a detail in cross-section showing another way of making thestock of the gun.

I Figs. 8-, 4' and: 5. are 01112., larger scale than 4 Figspl and 2. e I I The breech member or stock 6Iof thegunis swivelled by meansof dowel pin: 7 inthe body part 80f a tripod, whereof, the legs are pivoted tothe body aausual, one leg 9,-whic'h extends:rearward1y, jbeing somew at: longer 192a 'SeriaINo; 353,972.

than.- the two front legs 10,11; A metal washerl? which surrounds the dowel pin 7 r and is fastened to the under side of the stock provides'a. smooth bearing surfaceand facilitates the turning of the gun topoint thesame 5s indifferent direotions.-

The barrel 12 is fastened to the stock preferably by a tenon and mortise joint 14, as shown in Fig. 2, and hasat its forward end a; sight; 15,.there-being a rear sightl6 on .the' '7 stock 6. I. V

{The diskeshaped member 18, which is'made to imitate the revolving magazine of a rapid fire gun, is mounted for rotation, at the; front endof the stockin the: position usuallyoc-r o5 cupiedby the revolvingchamber or magazine of a real gun; and its upper. edge extends acertain distanceinto a cut in the, underside of the periphery of barrel 1 2, the objectbeing. to simulate still more closely-the appearanceof a real gun, in which, as the magazine rotates, each cartridge chamber is brought successively into registration with the bore of the barrel. 1

. Projecting from the rear face of disk 18 are a series of pins or dowels 19, equally spaced apart, and arranged in a circle concentric withthe disk. These pins 19 by their shape: and arrangement suggest a series of protruding cartridges. Functionally they act as a noise-producing element in cooperation with. a strip 20, preferably of flexible resonant wood, such. asmaple, which strip is attached at one end to a: block. 21 fastened as by nails to-the side of stock 6, the other end, 35

I which is free, being in the path ,ofpins'19.

Obviously when the disk. 18 is rotated by means of crank handle 26, the free end of resilient strip or clapper 20 will make suc- 0 cessive impacts with pins 19, snapping from one to the next, thus producing a succession of sharp concussions, notunlikeithe rattle of. a machinegun the rapidity of the successive impacts being proportional to the. speed of theturning of the crank handle.

It will be seen that the; rotatingrdisk 18 with its series of cartridgelikepins. 1.9 and its-crank handle 26 which members 0011- stitute the principal noise-producing ele- 1 ments form essential parts of the configuration of the gun itself.

' y axis of rotation thereof is parallel with the axis oftherotating member s i disk can be made 7 an ordinaryf lumber mill.

Therelative arrangement of the pins 19 and the spring strip or clapper'20 is such that the pins move transversely across the strip and ofi the edge thereof, instead of lengthwise of thestrip and off the end thereof, as heretofore; that is to say, the spring strip or clapper instead of being arranged as heretofore to'bear at its free endupon the periphery-ofa star-Wheel at right angles to the approximately and has its free end'n the path-of the pins 19, the la tter being set .in one si'de of the diskinsteadbfbeing formed on" the periphery thereof. By this arrangement the ner as to resemble the cartridge chamber of a machine gun. Moreover,the arrangement is such that the crank can be turned in either direction for the purpose of functioning asv a noise-maker; 7

On the under side of they stock 6 a grip handle 23 for turning the gun in different directions. 7 V 7 L It will be observed that all the parts of the device thus far described may be made ads vantageously of wood;it being onebfthe chief objects of the invention, as already stated, to utilize the scraps and'waste of Y The revolving disk 18'is secured: as by nuts 27, 28 (Fig; 4) to the forward end of ametal rod which passes through and is free to *rotatein'a hole extending lengthwise through the stock '6, and having ts rear end bent to form a' cr'ank-handle 26.

' the stock when the pieces are out departing To avoid the difiiculty attending the boring of a hole through the stock lengthwise thereof it is preferred to make the latter of two pieces. of wood with a semi-circular groove in each piece, the groovesbeing so located that they form a circular hole lengthwise of matched and glued or otherwise fastened together.

i The two piecescomposing the stock 6 may be joined face to face as shown-in Fig. 3, the plane of jointure being'vertical; or they may be joinededge: to edge, as shown in Fig 5, the plane of jointurerbeing horizontal.

The latter construction is,'for several reasons, to be preferred; but the size and shape of the available'scraps maylmake it desirable to adopt the construction illustrated inFigi 3.

The describedmanner of forming a hearing in the stock 6 for thefcrank shaft 25 not only'obviates the necessity of'drilling a long hole through/the stock but also permits the utilization of smaller pieces of scrap in'makingthe stoc 1 Q. Other modifications imay be made withi from the invention as embraced within the scope of the following claims.

and positioned'in such'man from, a disk rotatably supported by; said V thebarrelfa row of spaced pins arranged ina circle'on one face stock transversely to:

ofsa-id disk, a resilient strip attachedat one end to said stock and having' its free end 1n cooperative relation with said pins, and i means for rotating saiddisk. Y 1 r 3. In a toy machine gun comprising a stock and barrel, a disk-shaped member attherearr end of said barrel mounted to rotate in a plane transverse thereto, said disk being'prd vided with a circularly arranged series of the production of a succession 'of V a barrel member project: 7

spaced pins, in,combination' with a clapper 2 having its free end positioned for cooperation' with said pins to make a succession of concussive sounds when said disk isrotated, and means for rotating said disk; j I

i. A toy machine gun as specified in claim 2wherein the disk isso positioned that, as it rotates the pins come successively'inline with V thebarrelp e I 5.;A toy machine guncomprising a; stock or breech member,'a barrel me'mber projecting t f and noise-producin g elements consisting of a disk-shaped member'at the rear of said barrel member mounted to ro- 4 V tate in a plane transverse thereto and having 3 V i therefrom,-

a series of spaced pins, and;a clapper having its free end in cooperative relation with said pins for the production ofa" succession of V 7 i 10 sounds when said'disk-shaped member is rotated, said parts being all made of woodi'f 6. A toy machine gunas specified in claim 2 wherein the pins project at right angles'to the face of the disk and the resilient strip extends approximately parallel with the axis of rotation of the latter.

, 7. A toy machi e 2 wherein the free end of the resilient str'ip is' so positioned with reference to therotating diskand its pins as to cooperate therewith in noise-production whichever way the rdisk is rotated. v I

'8 A toy machine as specified in claim-2 comprising also a tripod on which the said stock, barrel and noise-producing elements are swivelledigun as specified claim as f 9. A toy machine guncomprising aistock,

a barrel projecting therefrom, a. disk carried by a shaft extendingrthrough saidstock, said disk being disposed transversely-to'sai barrel and having on one side a circular row of spaced pins, and a resilient clapper in cooperative relation with said pins, said stock being formed of two pieces of Wood oined together, the hole for said shaft being formed partly in one of said pieces and partly in the other.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

- ALFRED M. GOODLOE. v 

